Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory have established a human phosphatase database utilizing a novel structure and sequence-based classification scheme.

The database, named DEPOD, for human DEPhOsphorylation Database, contains information on 223 human phosphatases and their substrates and could prove useful as a resource for guiding and interpreting research into these proteins, Maja Köhn, an EMBL researcher and one of the leaders of the effort, told ProteoMonitor.

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